by Lawrence Welsh
in things the window says
anapra chaser mimosa
blossom asarco skeleton
and la calavera's pitch for
smeltertown graves
where villa and madero
became
the way we walk
our thoughts and deceits
w/ cannon smoke zigzag
smoke caught in mesquite
and medicine trees
From:
CUTTING THE WIRE Photographs and Poetry from the US-Mexico Border
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2018, University of New Mexico Press • Albuquerque
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